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Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.JOB DESCRIPTION:\nWorking at Abbott\nAt Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:\n· Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.\n· Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.\n· An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.\n· Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.\n· A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.\n· A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.\nThe Opportunity\nOur location in Irving, TX has an open opportunity for a Software Test Engineer on site daily. This role is in Core Labs Division. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.\nThis Position represents test engineering throughout the Software Development Lifecycle. Position performs all the verification and validation SQA functions (test case creation and execution, exploratory testing, test plan and test report creation). Position heavily interacts with the development and quality teams to ensure the right tests are being written and executed. Position includes internal technical leadership tasks.\nWhat You’ll Work On\nInvestigate unexpected events, issues, or software bugs. Collaborate in cross-functional teams to trouble-shoot complex system-level field complaints. Report to team leadership on investigation outcome and recommend test plan. Verify fixes.\nComplete software testing and activities for development user stories within the SDLC process.\nPerform exploratory testing, system level end to end testing, develop test datasets and execute automation scripts (to ensure application software releases are of high quality). Evaluate test cases for automation suitability and execute conversion as required.\nReview System Specifications/Requirements documents, user stories and create verification test plan / cases (based on those requirements) and execute test cases. Evaluate test plan for sufficient test coverage. Ensure efficiency of test plan by identifying overlap with other testing efforts and adjust accordingly.\nCreate verification and validation test plans, test reports, trace matrices and review with relevant stakeholders (dev and quality). Review other test plans and provide feedback to other users concerning potential gaps or overlaps.\nReview deliverables/activities as identified in the test plans for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and compliance.\nProvide input/feedback to development team when design inputs (system Specifications/Requirements, user stories, etc.) are being updated.\nProvide regular status reports. Use established metrics to monitor status and progress.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's Degree or - An equivalent combination of education (HS Diploma) and equivalent of work experience\n2+ years' experience plus degree or equivalent years in addition to education.\nModerate knowledge of Agile methodologies\nModerate level of understanding of test-driven methodologies\nDemonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills \nStrong analytical & problem-solving skills \nAbility to multi-task and prioritize responsibilities \nPreferred Qualifications\nModerate level of ability to conduct thorough data analytics & implement data-driven solutions.\nBachelor’s degree in computer science or related engineering field\n3+ years of professional full-time experience in similar field.\nModerate level of knowledge with continuous integration & continuous deployment (CI/CD).\nModerate knowledge of Agile methodologies.\nModerate level of understanding of test methodologies.\nExperience with Quality Center/HP ALM.\nTesting experience with web-based User Interfaces.\nTesting experience with SUSE, Apache, and Postgres systems.\nExperience working in a medical lab (experience in medical devices)\nDemonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought.\nEffective verbal and written communication skills.\nStrong analytical & problem-solving skills.\nAbility to multi-task and prioritize responsibilities.\nThe base pay for this position is\n$61,300.00 - 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